Yesterday, Chicago had to stop their marathon right in the middle of it; you see, runners were falling all over the place, many had to be taken to hospitals, and one runner died. All because of the heat.

Last week, it was announced that sea ice is disappearing at an even faster rate than anyone thought.

Just when you think it might be safe to forget about the possibility of something some call global warming, it stares you in the face.

IBM has led the technology industry in energy-smart innovation for over 40 years and is committed to climate protection. It is IBM's goal to sustain leadership in energy conservation and management by continuing to deliver power-management and cooling technologies.

I walk everywhere I can. I have not turned on the air conditioner all sweltering week. But I may move the hiking trip to Glacier from 2014 to 2010 just in case.

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I started my IBM career in Poughkeepsie - so it makes me mad when I hear about people not appreciating "mainframes." HP's newest "Real Story" questions whether the mainframe can meet today's business challenges. HP says that "You can't teach an old dog new tricks.” First of all, there have been so many great stories in the news lately about the wonders of IBM System z. And second of all, my dog will be 14 next month and we just taught him a new game that involves running around with milkbones.

IBM recently completed the World's Largest Core Banking Benchmark on two IBM System z9 Enterprise Class machines and four DS8300 storage subsystems. Amazingly, this benchmark was based on over 380 million accounts ! IBM's System z9 mainframe offers a high utilization rate with systems typically operating at 80 to 100 percent capacity. Combined with the platform's ability to virtualize workloads, these capabilities can help make it more cost efficient than competing platforms according to a brand new report from IT analyst Forrester. And so important today, the IBM mainframe offers both massive processing capacity and operational efficiency capabilities to help reduce power and cooling costs.

And speaking of Poughkeepsie and great performance, how about those Marist players in this month of March Madness . . .

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